Guinness World Record challengers
attempt to break the record for most people applying facial masks to their faces in
Taipei. A total of 1,213 people tentatively broke the mark by simultaneously wearing
the masks for 10 minutes.

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Tons of fun:

While a Guinness Record for most people running in inflatable sumo suits exists, the racers
in the annual 5k charity Sumo Run at Battesea Park, London, were not trying to break it
this year. The satisfaction of
competing in fat suits and diapers was reward enough.

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What did I do to deserve this?

A golden retriever braves a rabies shot at a pet show in Taipei. Taiwanese authorities urged owners to get their pets vaccinated against the deadly disease after a string of outbreaks among wild ferret-badgers.

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The bums rush:

Wearing only shoes, helmets and the occasional inner tube, Naked Run
competitors race on a track at the Zwarte Cross festival in Lichtenvoorde, Netherlands. Why? To draw attention for the situation of imprisoned members of
the Russian band Pussy Riot.

A competitor rides his "aircraft" into the
river on Red Bull Flugtag (Flying Day) in Moscow. Flugtag requires teams in fancy
costumes to pilot human-powered, home-made flying machines off a 6-meter-high platform
over water.

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Camo disappearance:

Eleven-year-old Paige Tobe practices
blending in with nature at Angel Mounds Mound Mayhem Extreme Camp in Evansville, Ind.
Paige used camouflage netting and branches to make her ghillie suit and painted her face.

crashes the stage near the altar where Pope Francis was officiating World Youth Day's closing Mass on the Copacabana beachfront in Rio.

A four-legged intruder

crashes the stage near the altar where Pope Francis was officiating World Youth Day's closing Mass on the Copacabana beachfront in Rio.

Photo: Victor R. Caivano, Associated Press

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Fireworks explode

before the "Victorious Fatherland War Museum" in Pyongyang during a
show marking the 60th anniversary of the Korean war armistice. North Korea mounted its
largest-ever military parade for the holiday, displaying its long-range missiles at a
ceremony presided over by leader Kim Jong-Un.

In addition to the pyrotechnics, North Korea also celebrated the end of the Korean War
with hundreds of ring-twirling dancers. (Rungnado May Day Stadium in Pyongyang.)

Hoops I did it again:

In addition to the pyrotechnics, North Korea also celebrated the end of the Korean War with hundreds of ring-twirling dancers. (Rungnado May Day Stadium in Pyongyang.)

Photo: Ed Jones, AFP/Getty Images

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Synchronized socialism:

Everyone is a performer at the "Arrirang Festival mass games display" in Pyongyang's Rungnado May Day Stadium. Some 100,000 people created a "synchronized socialist-realist spectacular" in a "highly politicized" 90-minute display of gymnastics, dance, acrobatics and theater.